Murat Başesgioğlu
Murat Başesgioğlu (born 1955 in Kastamonu, Turkey) was a Minister of State of Turkey and Member of the Turkish Parliament for Kastamonu for the ruling Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi (AK Party).
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| Minister of State (Responsible for Youth and Sports) | |
| In office 29 August 2007 – 1 May 2009 | |
| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Mehmet Ali Şahin |
| Succeeded by | Faruk Nafiz Özak |
| Minister of Labour and Social Security | |
| In office 19 November 2002 – 29 August 2007 | |
| Prime Minister | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
| Preceded by | Nejat Arseven |
| Succeeded by | Faruk Çelik |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 30 June 1997 – 5 August 1998 | |
| Prime Minister | Mesut Yılmaz |
| Preceded by | Meral Akşener |
| Succeeded by | Kutlu Aktaş |
| Member of the Grand National Assembly | |
| In office 14 December 1987 – 1 November 2015 | |
| Constituency | Kastamonu (1987,1991,1995,1999) İstanbul (II) (2002, 2007, 2011, June 2015) |
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| Born | March 1, 1955 Kastamonu, Turkey |
| Political party | Nationalist Movement Party (2011 - Present) Justice and Development Party (2002 - 2010) Motherland Party (1984 - 2002) |
| Children | 2 (Hakan and Mustafa Çağrı) |
| Religion | Islam |
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Biography
Başesgioğlu was born in Kastamonu. He completed his primary and secondary education at Isfendiyar Bey primary school in Kastamonu. He later graduated in law from Istanbul University and has previously been member of parliament for the centre-right ANAP and ANAP Minister of the Interior. After graduating, he worked as a freelance lawyer for 7 years and was registered to the Kastamonu Bar Council. Having resigned from ANAP he joined the AK Party. He resigned from Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi in 2010 due to opposition to the party's parliamentary policies. He later went and joined the Nationalist Movement Party on 28 January 2011.[1]
He can speak French.
References
- "Murat Başesgioğlu kimdir ? Başesgioğlu 28 yıldır vekil seçiliyor" (in Turkish). Harberler.com. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- Who is who database - Biography of Murat Başesgioğlu (in Turkish)
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